Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
Digimer wrote: > > Using DRBD resources as LVM PVs is perfectly fine. Keep in > mind though that I don't think DRBD resources can be resized > themselves, though I could be wrong. What I've done in the > past is to simply setup a second DRBD resource, set it as a > PV and then add that PV to the common VG. > > If you're building a 2-node cluster and you are running > Primary/Primary, then yes, I think Clustered LVM is best (perhaps not > *strictly* required). Given that each VM is on a dedicated > LV, in theory you should not need clustered locking, though I > think having CLVM is a good idea. It gives you the option of > creating a GFS2 partition with the VMs XML config files, > shared ISOs, etc. I always do this, so I should say that I've > not looked at the feasibility of *not* using CLVM/GFS2. > > Cheers > I don't want to setup a DRBD as a PV. My idea is to set up a DRBD on top of a LV, and to format or not format this LV, depending on the decision to install a KVM into a file or a plain device. Is this setup ok ? Bernd